Originally Posted by Tony Turbo
Originally Posted by polly_x
Are you sure you need a different codec? What file format is it? Did not realise HDTV had its own file encoding format?
I play HDTV (originally recorded from HDTV) file fine through my laptop.
Hmmmmmmmm, well.... I only downloaded one file to try it out, I might give another file a go. It's an episode of 24 and it is 350mb in size so it has to be pretty good. It's: 24.S05E19.HDTV.XviD-LOL
Thanks Gareth, fingers crossed lol

They are the same as I play. No codec needed (well special codec). They work fine for me in Windows Media 10.
Maybe its just a dodgy file, but those are usually good.